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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TO
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 864
& JULY 1968
SECRET,
ADDRESSED COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PA SINGAPORE, UKREP CANBERRA, WASHINGTON,
AND SAVING TO PEKING.
HW
664 DATED 8TH JULY
FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR J.1.C.
FOLLOWING FROM L.1.C.
ن
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 06.00 HOURS, 8TH JULY 1968
FOLLOWS IN TWO PARTS (PART ONE ONLY FOR CANBERRA AND PEKING),
PART ONE.
CAD A MARKED DROP IN THE NUMBER OF DELEGATIONS. SEVEN DELEGATIONS WENT TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THREE TO COMPANY OFFICES: ONLY
TWO WERE CONCERNED WITH REINSTATEMENT.
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(B) ANNOUNCEMENTS BY OFFICIALS OF COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES UNIONS THAT MEMBERS SHOULD NOW OBTAIN WORK OF ANY KIND RATHER THAN WAIT FOR REINSTATEMENT. AT A CLOSED MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION UNION IT WAS DISCLOSED THAT EFFORTS TO
OBTAIN REINSTATEMENT FOR KOWLOON MOTOR BUS 'STRIKERS' WOULD ONLY CONTINUE FOR TWO MONTHS AT THE MOST. NEANWHILE ON 5TH JULY MEMBERS OF THE UNION DISTRIBUTED LEAFLETS TO EUS CREWS IN KOWLOON APPEALING FOR SUPPORT FOR THE UNION AND THE REINSTATEMENT CAMPAIGN.
(C) INDICATIONS THAT EFFORTS BY THE COMMUNIST UNION AT THE HONG
KONG GAS COMPANY TO REGAIN ITS INFLUENCE AMONG FORMER MEMBERS STILL EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY ARE ACHIEVING SOME SUCCESS IN DISRUPTING
CURRENT JOINT LABOUR MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION.
(D) THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY A COMMUNIST MIDDLE SCHOOL
OF PLANS FOR ANOTHER NEW BRANCH IN KOWLOON IN SEPTEMBER. THIS IS
THE 17TH NEW ESTABLISHMENT ANNOUNCED 1-IS YEAR.
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